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US MILITARY

COMMENTARY / World
Nov 28, 2014
Praise for killer exposes Americans as barbarians
In praising the killing of Osama bin Laden, Americans are celebrating summary execution.
WORLD
Nov 28, 2014
West struggles to deal with 'ambiguous' Russian threat
When Russian soldiers crossed the border to fight with rebels in Ukraine earlier this year, Moscow said they had not been deployed but had gone on their own vacation time.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2014
Japan mulls financing body to boost weapons exports
Japan might set up a financing arm for weapons exports that would help Prime Minister Shinzo Abe accelerate the break with pacifism and bolster regional security ties.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 27, 2014
Sierra Leone seeks U.S. military help to fight Ebola
Sierra Leone appealed to the United States on Wednesday to send military aid to help it battle Ebola as it falls behind its West African neighbors Guinea and Liberia in the fight against the virus.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 26, 2014
In raid on al-Qaida hideout, Yemeni forces free eight hostages
Yemeni security forces freed eight hostages including six Yemenis, a Saudi and an Ethiopian, in a raid in which seven al-Qaida kidnappers were also killed, the country's supreme security committee said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 26, 2014
Aussie official backpedals on foreign subs
Australia's defense minister apologized on Wednesday after saying he would not trust the government-owned submarine firm "to build a canoe," comments that fueled expectations that most work in a program costing 40 billion Australian dollars ($34 billion) will go offshore.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 25, 2014
U.S. senator calls for declaration of war against Islamic State
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, a possible Republican candidate for president in 2016, is calling for a formal declaration of war against Islamic State militants who control parts of Iraq and Syria, the New York Times reported Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 24, 2014
Iran has no easy 'Plan B' if nuclear talks with major powers collapse
Iranian officials say they can turn to Beijing and Moscow if talks in Vienna fail to end Western sanctions, but with oil prices falling, China's economy slowing and Russia in its own sanctions-induced slump, Tehran's "Plan B" hardly looks ideal.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 23, 2014
Kremlin allies behind sales of crucial RD-180 engine to U.S.
He has money, media power and the ear of President Vladimir Putin. Such is his influence that some observers have described Yuri Kovalchuk as the Rupert Murdoch of Russia.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 23, 2014
In opaque Pentagon deal with Russians, big profits for a tiny Florida firm
For months, a powerful U.S. senator has been pushing for details of a murky deal under which a Russian manufacturer supplies the rocket engines used to launch America's spy satellites into space.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 22, 2014
Canadians plan to fight Islamic State
Several former Canadian soldiers plan to join Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State militants in the coming weeks, with at least one already in Iraq, Canadian media reported Friday, bolstering the ranks of foreigners fighting alongside the Kurds.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 18, 2014
Iran sending funds via China bank to elite Quds force, report says
There is no trace of Shenzhen Lanhao Days Electronic Technology Co. Ltd. at its listed address in the beige and pink-tiled "Fragrant Villa" apartment complex in this southern Chinese city. The building's managers say they've never heard of it.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2014
Saga governor willing to accept Osprey deployment
The central government's plan to station Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at Saga Airport poses no problem for the local commercial airstrip, Gov. Yasushi Furukawa said Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 16, 2014
In Iraq, Iranian masters behind feared Shiite militias
Among the thousands of militia fighters who flocked to northern Iraq to battle the extremist Islamic State group over the summer was Qais al-Khazali.
WORLD
Nov 12, 2014
Turbulent path for Syrian Kurd fighters' 'first foreign female recruit'
A Canadian-born immigrant to Israel has become the first foreign woman to join Kurds battling Islamic State in Syria, a Kurdish source said on Tuesday, as details surfaced of the volunteer's turbulent past.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 11, 2014
China unveils sophisticated stealth fighter aircraft
China unveiled a sophisticated new stealth fighter jet at an air show Tuesday, a show of muscle during a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama for an Asia-Pacific summit.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 9, 2014
Gorbachev slams West, says world is on brink of new Cold War
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned in a speech in Berlin on Saturday that East-West tensions over the Ukraine crisis were threatening to push the world into a new Cold War, 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 8, 2014
Japan, China foreign ministers in last-ditch talks over Abe-Xi meeting
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida held formal talks Saturday with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, to make last-minute arrangements for a meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping at this week's APEC summit in Beijing.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 8, 2014
Will they, won't they? Abe-Xi summit hangs in the balance
Japanese and Chinese ministers hold eleventh-hour talks to arrange a meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Xi Jinping at this week's APEC summit in Beijing.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 8, 2014
Mediator says South Sudan rivals reach deal to end conflict
South Sudan's warring parties committed to ending fighting and bringing their months-long conflict to an end without conditions, the chief mediator for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)regional African group, said Saturday after two days of talks in the Ethiopian capital.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Paris Olympics kick off with rain-soaked — but grandiose — opening ceremony
Japan's 2024 Olympic team moves down the Seine River in Paris during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics on Friday.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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